Online campaign to choose a national bird launched
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Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, second right, Minister of the Interior Lee Yi-yang, center, and others hold up some of the options for national bird at a press conference yesterday to launch a campaign promoting the nationwide poll that will make the final decision.
PHOTO: CNA
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Lee to visit Japan if health holds up
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Former president Lee Teng-hui and his wife Tseng Wen-hui cut Lee's birthday cake in Tahsi in Taoyuan County yesterday to celebrate Lee's upcoming 86th birthday.
PHOTO: CHEN MEI-NIEN, TAIPEI TIMES
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NewsMaker: Election defeat proves no obstacle for Hsieh
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Former premier Frank Hsieh makes a gesture during an interview in this file photo from Dec. 14 last year.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
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Bangladesh incarcerates activists
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An alleged anti-government activist looks out of a police van on its way to court in Dhaka yesterday. Police detained thousands of people in the capital in what appeared to be mass roundup of opposition party activists ahead of a two-day countrywide strike called by the opposition.
PHOTO: EPA
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Somalia postpones forced disarmament
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Government soldiers walk through the Kismayu market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday.
PHOTO: EPA
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Mass grave found in drug war
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A Mexican Navy patrol boat intercepts a fishing boat on Friday to inspect it off Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, as part of a security operation being carried out. The government of President Felipe Calderon has initiated a campaign to fight drug smuggling and organized crime.
PHOTO: AFP
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New York lauds rescues of man, toddler
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Julio Gonzalez, left, and Pedro Nevarez, right, caught a three-year-old after he fell four stories from a fire escape in New York on Thursday. The child suffered only minor injuries.
PHOTO: AP
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Digital democracy, or cyberspace-tyranny?
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Investors grow uneasy in Asian rally's wake
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A stock broker signals a transaction on the trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila on Friday. Share prices closed 0.54 percent lower as the market consolidated after turning near 10-year highs earlier in the week, dealers said. The composite index was down 16.35 points at 2,996.39, off a low of 2,979.39 while touching an intraday high of 3,010.75. The peso traded at 48.86 to the US dollar.
PHOTO: AFP
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Japanese papers eulogize inventor of instant noodles
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Nissin Foods founder Momofuku Ando samples noodles developed in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi's mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery during the unveiling in Osaka, western Osaka, on July 27, 2005.
PHOTO: AP
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Hong Kong's buying power slips as China catches up
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This picture taken Dec. 19 last year shows a view of Hong Kong from the Peak.
PHOTO: AFP
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Takafumi Horie: Web mogul and Japanese pariah
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Former dot-com star Takafumi Horie speaks to reporters on Dec. 20 last year.
PHOTO: AP
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Coyotes maul Thrashers to extend winning streak
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The Atlanta Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk scores as the Phoenix Coyotes' Matt Jones defends during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Mitsubishi, VW set to duel in Dakar
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French racers Carole Montillet, left, and co-driver Melanie Suchet pose for photographers in front of their Nissan on Friday in Lisbon. The 29th edition of the Dakar Rally was scheduled to depart from Lisbon yesterday and will end in Dakar on Jan. 21.
PHOTO: AFP
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Indian collapse sets up tense last day
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South Africa's batsman AB de Villiers survives a run out attempt on the fourth day of the third and final Test match against India at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday.
PHOTO: AP
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Murray breezes past Davydenko into final in Qatar
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Andy Murray serves to Nikolay Davydenko of Russia during their semi-final match at the Qatar Open ATP tennis tournament in Doha, on Friday.
PHOTO: AFP
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Arenas, Wizards roast Clippers
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Dallas Mavericks guard Josh Howard, right, grabs a rebound next to San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan during the fourth quarter of their NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday. Dallas won 90-85.
PHOTO: AP
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England Ashes squad was pampered: former players
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England captain Andrew Flintoff puts his hat back on after waving to his squad's supporters after the fifth and final Ashes cricket Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Australia won the match and the best-of-five Test series 5-0.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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What's up doc? 你好，老兄!
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But are they cute under the masks? Two surgeons protest over pay in Germany, March 2006
2006年3月，兩名德國外科醫師為薪資問題示威抗議，但是戴這樣面具的他們帥氣嗎? (照片：歐新社)
PHOTO: EPA
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How much is that doggie in the window?
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Prince, a rescued dog, is seen before having treatment for scabies.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANIMALS TAIWAN
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Aileen Sun smiles with her dog Pete. Pete required veterinary care costing NT$100,000 after his owner discovered he had a genetic disorder.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHEN HSIANG-YU
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Placing puppies in storefront windows is a powerful way to attract customers.
PHOTO: NOAH BUCHAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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